During RESMAN’s annual shareholders’ meeting 25 June 2007, a new Board of Directors was appointed. The BoD includes professionals with extensive industry background and proven track record in building industrial companies. During the same meeting the company’s shareholders agreed to fund the first phase of an aggressive technology development programme.
Bjørn Anders Fossum (58), Chairman, holds an MSc in cybernetics from the University of Trondheim and a degree in economics from the NorwegianSchool of Management. He was co-founder of Seatex, a leading supplier of maritime instrumentation equipment. Seatex was listed at Oslo Stock Exchange in 1993 and continued its expansion through mergers and acquisitions to become one of the major players within its sector. Bjørn is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors in Kongsberg Seatex and is an active board member in several technology companies.
Rolf Utseth (63) holds a PhD and an MSc in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas in Austin and an MSc in mechanical engineering from the University in Trondheim. He was associate professor in petroleum engineering at the University of Trondheim and Director at Sintef’s Institute of Petroleum Technology Research. Since 1985, Rolf has held various leadership positions within both research and operations in Statoil, currently he is Vice President, Subsea IOR at Statoil’s Research Centre in Trondheim.
Dag Thomassen (61) holds an MSc in nuclear reactor physics from the University of Oslo. Since 1972 he has held various technical and managerial positions at the Institute for Energy Technology where he currently is Director of the petroleum sector.
Arnstein Nordbotten (44) holds an MSc from NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology and has business education from the NorwegianSchool of Management. He was assistant vice president in SND’s debt division and investment manager at SND Invest and is currently partner at Verdane Capital Advisors where he specialises in the ICT sector and has helped build companies such as Reslink, Colibria and Elprint.
Ingunn Svegården (28) holds an MSc in engineering from the University of Trondheim's Faculty of Chemistry and Biology and is currently Investment Manager with Statoil Innovation, the Norwegian oil major's venture investment company. During her university studies Ingunn focused on innovation and turning technology development into commercial opportunities and spent three months with a start-up company in Silicon Valley. After joining Statoil in 2003, she worked with commercialization of new technology and procurement projects before becoming investment manager. Ingunn holds board positions in Sentry Security and SWAY.